Muni Is Finally Retiring the Last of the 30-Year

The article was originally published on https://sfist.com/2025/11/03/muni-is-finally-retiring-the-last-of-the-30-year-old-breda-light-rail-trains/November 12 is the last day for any fans to take a final ride on one of the light-rail trains that have been running through the streets and tunnels of San Francisco since 1996, as the last of them is finally getting retired. It's finally time to say arrivederci to the Italian-built light-rail trains that have defined Muni service for more than a generation, with their distinctive silver and red body paint, and vaguely European shape. The Chronicle reports on the swan song of the last Breda LRVs (light-rail vehicles), which have been gradually getting phased out over the last seven years as the completed fleet of newer, Siemens-built train cars w